Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 16, 2025

Establishment of Rat Models Mimicking Gender-affirming Hormone Therapies
Published on: January 10, 2025
Gender identity: Current concepts and gender-affirming hormone therapy
1Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Co-director del Curso Universitario Experto en Medicina Transgénero de la SEEN, Universidad de Barcelona, Editorial Panamericana, Spain.
Abstract:
In the past five years, healthcare organisation for trans people in Spain has changed as laws intended to protect sexual and gender diversity have been put in place. As a result, endocrinologists are not only on the front lines (understood as prescribing and following up gender-affirming hormone therapy) but also coordinating multidisciplinary healthcare for these individuals. Advances in transgender medicine, the complexity of diverse trans identities and the impact of hormone therapy on quality of life and risk of middle- and long-term complications call for in-depth examination of a personalised biopsychosocial approach to trans people that requires specific training in this field of knowledge as well as updates on the concepts, terminology and drug treatments used.
More Related Videos
07:37Author Spotlight: Advancing Human Ovarian Repair and Cancer Studies with Surface Epithelium Organoids
Published on: August 16, 2024
06:18An In Vivo Estrogen Deficiency Mouse Model for Screening Exogenous Estrogen Treatments of Cardiovascular Dysfunction After Menopause
Published on: August 13, 2019
Related Concept Videos
Socioemotional Experience and Gender Development
Hormonal Regulation
Hormonal Regulation of the Menstrual Cycle
At puberty, GnRH begins a pulsatile release pattern, which triggers the anterior pituitary gland to secrete follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). The frequency and amplitude of GnRH pulses vary across the menstrual cycle, with faster pulses favoring LH release and slower pulses favoring FSH...
Gonadal and Placental Hormones
In males, testosterone is the primary gonadal androgen. It plays a central role in the maturation of male reproductive organs — the penis and testes. Additionally, testosterone is instrumental in the development of secondary sexual characteristics — a deep voice as well as facial and pubic hair...
Testosterone: Functions and Regulation
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture